DreamWorks Land (General Discussion)

[Mad Dog]

Anyone else not want Animal Actors to leave? Solid show that’s now unique to this park.

Yes, stay, Universal has closed down too many of their sit down entertainment venues. It's nice to be able to sit down, relax and enjoy some entertainment. Everyone doesn't want to run around all day, commando style, to ride as many 4 minute attractions that they can. Slow down and smell the roses. The good Theme Park experience is soooo much more than just thrill rides. I'll go to a cheap regional/amusement park if that's all I wanted to do.

 

[Alicia]

Animal Crackers

Wasn’t that its original name?

 

[HHN Maddux]

Wasn’t that its original name?

Original name was just Animal Actors! Then Animal Planet Live, now AA: On Location.

 

[Alicia]

Original name was just Animal Actors! Then Animal Planet Live, now AA: On Location.

No, I mean KidZone Pizza Company

 

[belloq87]

I would not be disappointed to see Animal Actors eventually leave in favor of a ride*, but for now, I'm glad it's hanging around.

*Also assuming that some of the other dead show spaces around the current parks are put to use.

 

[TheUniC6]

I would not be disappointed to see Animal Actors eventually leave in favor of a ride*, but for now, I'm glad it's hanging around.

*Also assuming that some of the other dead show spaces around the current parks are put to use.

If AA becomes part of whatever replaces Simpsons, that will be a pretty large scale attraction. If AA goes I would personally prefer that over it becoming part of the new DreamWorks land

 

[HHN Maddux]

No, I mean KidZone Pizza Company

Oh!

 

[Mad Dog]

I would not be disappointed to see Animal Actors eventually leave in favor of a ride*, but for now, I'm glad it's hanging around.

*Also assuming that some of the other dead show spaces around the current parks are put to use.

Never assume that USF management will resurrect dead show places. Their track record is horrendous. Someone high up there, must be allergic to live stage actors and musicians.

 

[WaterToWade]

But in all actuality, is the most likely thing to happen to be a lil kidszone plaza?

 

[Tbad556]

No, I mean KidZone Pizza Company

 

[Alicia]

OMG I found proof! Pizza Co. was originally named Animal Crackers!!!!!



Edit: @Tbad556 beat me to it lol

 

[Tbad556]

OMG I found proof! Pizza Co. was originally named Animal Crackers!!!!!

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Edit: @Tbad556 beat me to it lol

I genuinely had no clue this was a thing until you mentioned it hah. This super blurry still from a video is the closest I could find of an actual in person shot of it in the parks:

 

[Disneyhead]

Hahaha! I love you guys! That is the #1 reason IU is the best theme park forum.

More fun, less stress than the Disney sites.

And the Disney Parks.

 

[Casper Gutman]

Anyone else not want Animal Actors to leave? Solid show that’s now unique to this park.

I'd be very, very sad. The show is charming, tremendously rewatchable, and a live entertainment offering in a resort that desperately needs more. As a poster above said, theme parks don't thrive on rides alone. Not to mention the fact that Universal's track record with replacement attractions is not as spectacular as one might hope recently. If (when?) Animal Actors goes, it'll almost certainly alter the amount of time I spend at the resort - and if it goes before they fill some of the vast, empty performance spaces...

 

[Alicia]

I genuinely had no clue this was a thing until you mentioned it hah. This super blurry still from a video is the closest I could find of an actual in person shot of it in the parks:

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1990s USF is still all locked in my brain. It was my favorite place in the world, so I remember every detail. It’s always great to see something again I haven’t seen in decades though! Is this what getting old is?

 

[UAN17]

Off topic, but you may enjoy this home video from 1997 I found on YouTube this week

 

[TheGentTrent]

If I remember this area/space correctly. They’d need to get the rights, but a refurb to a Krusty Krab quick service is a LAYUP idea to takeover pizza company and SpongeBob Storepants.

The park already has enough burger joints, especially in that corner. They don't need another one.

 

[tankart150]

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What was Animal House?

 

[Alicia]

What was Animal House?

Old name for SpongeBob store. Was also called Universal Cartoons store I believe at one point.

 

[Coolbfitz]

The park already has enough burger joints, especially in that corner. They don't need another one.

To be fair, it could be the Wimpy's to Fast Food Boulevard's Comic Strip Cafe and Mel's Captain America Diner(/McDonald's ).